Queens Park Rangers boss Harry Redknapp has confirmed he wants to sign Tottenham midfielder Jake Livermore and West Ham’s Mohamed Diame this month to help their chances of staying in the Premier League, writes Simon Johnson.

Rangers moved to within five points of safety after their shock win at Chelsea on Wednesday night.

Redknapp has been promised money to spend and is looking at Livermore, who he knows well from his time in charge at Spurs and could be available on loan, while midfielder Diame has a £3.5million release clause in his contract. The QPR boss has been in regular contact with chief executive Philip Beard and chairman Tony Fernandes over additions to the squad.

He said: “Jake’s a good player. I have bags of time for him and if Spurs want to do anything it would interest me.

“Diame’s a good player, too. I’d love to have him here but he belongs to West Ham until they decide if they want to sell him.

“I speak to them [the QPR board] every day about who I want, we go through the list and see if there is anyone we can find. We will come up with one or two before too long.

“Getting out of trouble will be almost as good as winning something with the position we’re in. It’s better than sitting in mid-table and seeing the season out.”

But Redknapp has ruled out moves for Spurs defender Michael Dawson, as well as bringing Robbie Keane or Tim Cahill on loan from the MLS in America.

He added: “They are both top players but it will only be a short- term loan and that’s the problem. You take them for just six weeks but then you lose them at a time when you still have another 10-12 games to stay up. They’d improve any team but I’m not close to doing anything with them.”

Luke Young is in training with the squad and will be given a shirt number for the second half of the season while DJ Campbell, who has just returned from a loan spell at Ipswich, could get a chance to stay if he impresses in tomorrow’s

FA Cup tie against West Brom.

Redknapp added: “I have had lots of bids for DJ Campbell, six to seven Championship clubs are in for him. He’s a real handful and is back available this weekend.”

Junior Hoilett has been ruled out of the game with a hamstring problem and Redknapp hopes his team can build on their victory over Chelsea.

“The Cup is a great competition and we hope Chelsea is a turning point,” he said.